Under the starry night, Jia Kui led his army to Sunset Ju, dozens of miles outside Wancheng.
After getting so close to Wancheng, Jia Kui ordered the entire army to suspend their advance. A few days ago, Jia Kui suddenly received a request for help from Sima Yi.
In the document, Sima Yi informed Jia Kui that Zhang Fei led his army to attack Wancheng through Niyang, and Wancheng was in danger.
He was already leading his army to Wancheng, but in order to ensure that Wancheng was safe, Sima Yi hoped that Jia Kui could lead his army to assist.
After seeing the document, Jia Kui reacted without thinking. There is no room for failure in Wancheng, and this is also true for him.
So almost on the second day, Jia Kui quickly gathered nearly 10,000 troops and headed towards Wancheng.
Yuzhou is adjacent to Wancheng, and the roads are very wide and flat, so it didn't take long for Jia Kui to approach the Wancheng area while speeding up his march.
But when they were not far from Wancheng, even though he was still worried about Wancheng's safety, Jia Kui, like Sima Yi, chose not to continue to advance.
Jia Kui was worried about being surrounded by Zhang Fei for reinforcements.
Jia Kui first led his army to garrison at Xiyangju, dozens of miles away from Wancheng, and then he sent many scouts to explore the situation outside Wancheng.
For Qingqi, a journey of dozens of miles can be completed in just one day. On the second day, Jia Kui learned the general military situation inside and outside Wancheng.
After learning that Wancheng was still safe, Jia Kui couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. But when he learned that Sima Yi was surrounded by Han troops, Jia Kui couldn't help but become anxious.
Jia Kui knew that the elite troops commanded by Sima Yi were Wancheng's new force.
Once Sima Yi's Wei army was captured by Zhang Fei, it would not only be a huge blow to the morale of Wancheng's defenders, but also weaken Wancheng's city defense strength to a great extent.
It is good that he can lead reinforcements to assist Wancheng, but Cao Wei's military laws are strict, and it is impossible for him to let Yuzhou soldiers stationed in Wancheng for a long time.
After all, southern Yuzhou borders Jiangdong. Jia Kui immediately began to think about countermeasures.
After synthesizing various information, Jia Kui finally came up with a solution.
Jia Kui summoned a trusted general and said to him: "Immediately lead a cavalry army and detour to the west of Wancheng to attack the rebel army's food road."
Part of the reason why Jia Kui was able to come up with this method was that Sima Yi had mentioned in his previous letter that Zhang Fei's surprise attack on a long way would definitely lead to a blockage of food routes.
But after listening to Jia Kui's words, the trusted general was afraid of Zhang Fei's reputation, so he couldn't help but admonish Jia Kui.
The trusted generals believed that they should not go deeper into danger at the moment. It would be better to spread the news that Sima Yi was trapped, and wait until reinforcements from other states arrived before joining forces to press towards Wancheng.
If Sima Yi heard these remarks from his trusted general, I wonder if he would be grateful.
But it is inevitable that the thoughts of the trusted generals are actually the thoughts of most of the generals in Jia Kui's army.
But fortunately, as Jia Kui was the pillar of Cao Wei, his mind was still clear.
After Jia Kui heard what his trusted general said, he immediately frowned and shouted:
"General Annan's troops are out, and the road is blocked inside. He cannot advance and fight, and cannot retreat. He is in danger.
Zhang Fei knew that there was no supporting army behind him, so he dared to besiege him openly.
Now we have moved forward quickly and arrived at the sunset gathering unexpectedly, which Zhang Fei could not have expected.
Moreover, our army has a large number of cavalry, which is suitable for attacking the rebels' food routes on the plains. This is to use our own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses. Why should we be afraid?
After you have successfully harassed the bandit's food route, I will approach Wancheng with great fanfare. This is called making an early warning to win their hearts. When Zhang Fei sees our army coming to help, he will definitely want to retreat.
If we wait for the reinforcements from other states to arrive and delay the opportunity, once Zhang Feiruo destroys General Annan's troops, then what will be the use of having more troops and horses by then! "
After waking up his trusted generals with a loud shout, Jia Kui immediately asked his trusted generals to take action immediately.
And after his trusted generals left, Jia Kui was not idle. He issued other military orders to other generals.
After all the arrangements were completed, Jia Kui sent Wancheng's urgent documents to the surrounding counties and counties.
Including Luoyang.
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Zhang Fei, who had been fighting fiercely for nearly a day, took off his bloody armor and walked into the tent.
Now in his fifties, although his bravery remains the same as before, his physical strength has declined significantly.
When he was young, he would not feel tired even if he fought fiercely for a day and a night, not to mention fighting all day long.
But now it's clearly not.
However, although he felt physically tired, Zhang Fei's mental energy did not decrease at all.
After simply washing away the blood on his face with hot water, Zhang Fei ordered Mi Zhong on the side to pass on the military order. The entire army will continue to prepare to storm the Wei army camp tomorrow.
Since entering the camp a few days ago, Zhang Fei has been leading the Han army to storm the Wei camp.
His dance camp that day was also to further lower the morale of the Wei army. But I have to say that Sima Yi did have a good way of guarding the camp.
Although the Wei army occupied a favorable location, the Han army was unable to fully launch an offensive. m.
But being able to keep the Wei army's camp impregnable in the past few days despite low morale also reflects Sima Yi's extraordinary talents.
In Zhang Fei's mind, the Wei army camp not far away had become a turtle shell.
But before Mi Zhong left, Guan Xing opened the curtain first and walked in.
Because Guan Xing was weak, Zhang Fei did not arrange for him to go into battle to kill the enemy. Instead, he made him responsible for the exchange of intelligence in the army.
This arrangement is in line with Guan Xing's talents.
After all, although Guan Xing is not good at martial arts due to physical reasons, his brain is sometimes quite good.
When Zhang Fei saw Guan Xing coming in with a solemn expression, he asked, "What happened?"
Facing Zhang Fei's inquiry, Guan Xing reported all the information he had found to Zhang Fei.
The reason why Guan Xinghui looked solemn was that neither of these two pieces of information was good news for the Han army.
The first piece of information was about the enemy's attack on the grain road.
The second piece of information was that according to reports from scouts, there were traces of a large number of thieves outside Xiyang Ju.
After learning these two pieces of information, Zhang Fei's face darkened. He asked Mi Zhong to stop and not convey military orders for the time being. What Zhang Fei was most worried about happened.
The reason why he has been storming the Wei army's camp in the past few days is to capture Sima Yi's Wei army as soon as possible before the Wei army's reinforcements arrive.
However, Sima Yi's tenacity and the speed of the Wei army's reinforcements were somewhat beyond Zhang Fei's expectations.
Compared with the Wei army that appeared at Sunset Gathering, Zhang Fei was actually more worried about the Wei army's cavalry that was disturbing his own food routes.
It may be that the Wei cavalry only harassed on a small scale at first, but after finding that there was no major obstacle, they would definitely increase the scale of the harassment.
By that time, the Han army's food routes would be in danger. Thinking of this, Zhang Fei couldn't help but sigh.
It seems that Sima Yi's little turtle can't be caught and stewed in soup. However, in this battle, it was pretty good to be able to defeat Jiyang almost without any bloodshed.
Ji Yang is to Wancheng what Hulao is to Luoyang. With Ji Yang in hand, he will completely occupy the strategic initiative in Jingzhou from now on.
From this point of view, he gained a lot from this battle.
After sighing, Zhang Fei issued a new military order to Mi Zhong: "Starting tomorrow, arrange for the withdrawal of our troops one after another."
Some people died, but not completely...
